stink

• n. 臭味；討厭的人
• vi. 發出臭味；招人討厭
• vt. 使發出臭氣；用臭味驅趕

來自 stench 動詞形式。拚寫比較 bank,bench.

stink

stink: [OE] Stink comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stingkwan, which also produced German and Dutch stinken. Another form of the base, *stengkw-, gave English stench [OE]. Its ancestral meaning is probably simply ‘smell’, but it early on became specialized to ‘smell bad’.
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stink (v.)

Old English stincan "emit a smell of any kind; exhale; rise (of dust, vapor, etc.)" (class III strong verb; past tense stanc, past participle stuncen), common West Germanic (cognates: Old Saxon stincan, West Frisian stjonke, Old High German stinkan, Dutch stinken), from the root of stench. Old English had swote stincan "to smell sweet," but offensive sense also was in Old English and predominated by mid-13c.; smell now tends the same way. Figurative meaning "be offensive" is from early 13c.; meaning "be inept" is recorded from 1924. To stink to high heaven first recorded 1963.

stink (n.)

mid-13c., "strong offensive odor," from stink (v.). Sense of "extensive fuss" first recorded 1812.

1. He was aware of the stink of stale beer on his breath.

他知道自己嘴裏有股變味啤酒的餿味。

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2. The tabloid press kicked up a stink about his seven-day visit.

小報的報道引起民眾對他為期7天的訪問的強烈不滿。

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3. I think their methods stink.

我認為他們的方法糟透了。

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4. The stink was fit to knock you down.

這臭味簡直要把人熏倒。

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5. The stink was overpowering.

臭味熏天。

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